ELECTORAL ACT ____________________________________________________________________________________ Commission shall consider the recommendations of the Committee within forty-eight hours after they have been submitted by the Committee: Provided that if the Commission rejects any of the Committee’s recommendations, it shall notify the Chief Elections Officer accordingly in writing. [Subsection substituted by s. 18 of Act No. 6 of 2014] (6) An individual who has been accredited shall not exercise any functions as an observer unless he or she has— (a) reported to the Observers Accreditation Committee at a time and place notified by the Committee; and (b) received a copy of, or been made aware of the contents of, the code of conduct set out in the First Schedule; and (c) paid such accreditation fee as may be prescribed. (7) Upon satisfaction of the requirements of subsection (6) the Observers Accreditation Committee shall issue the observer concerned with an accreditation certificate specifying that he or she is accredited as an observer for the period of the election concerned. (8) Every observer shall exhibit his or her accreditation certificate to any electoral officer who demands to see it. 40J Limitation on number of observers Not more than the prescribed number of observers shall be permitted— (a) to enter or remain at any polling station; (b) to be present at the counting or collating of votes at a polling station or constituency centre. 40K Observing of elections by Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (1) The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission, through any of its commissioners or employees accredited under this section, may observe any election and electoral process in order to ensure respect for the human rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution. (2) In order to secure the accreditation of any of its commissioners or employees for the purpose of subsection (1), the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission shall notify the Commission, in writing, of— (a) the names and identification particulars of its commissioners or employees whom it wishes to be accredited as observers; and (b) the election or electoral process which it wishes to observe; and the Commission shall without delay provide those persons with an accreditation certificate certifying that they are accredited by the Commission as observers of the election or electoral process concerned. (3) For the avoidance of doubt it is declared that commissioners or employees of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission accredited in terms of this section shall be entitled to do all things that persons accredited as observers in terms of this Part may do in terms of this Act. (4) Before issuing any report on an election or electoral process it has observed in terms of this section, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission shall provide the Commission with a draft of the report and shall pay due regard to any comments the Commission may make on the draft. [Section inserted by s. 21 of Act No. 6 of 2018] [Part IXB inserted by s. 13 of Act No. 3 of 2012] 57